“We made a couple of mistakes in the third period … we couldn’t stretch the 1-nothing lead once we had it. It was a very emotional and tense game. The difference in the game was at the end of the day some of the best players of Russia stepped it up in the third period when they needed to and played very well.”

Jarkko Immonen scored twice to help Finland beat Norway 4-1.

“I don’t think it matters for us (who we play next),” Finland captain Mikko Koivu said. “We have to stay strong as a team, do the things that we do good, trying to do things that we can do better a little bit better again and move forward.”

Finland, the 1995 champion, last won a medal at the 2008 worlds when it took bronze.